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[metalandi]

Allright, as i promised on the weekend, i've got one more review left, and this one is about a really great pirate set.Of course this isn't my last review ever, maybe i will review some older town & castle sets in the next weeks. but that's another story, let's focus on this one now!


Set Nr.: 6279
Name: Skull Island
Number of minifigs: 6
Number of pieces: 366
Release Year: 1995

General Overview:




We got 6 Minifigs, a Parrot (not in the picture) and even an ape in this set!




The soldiers only:




And the pirates only:




The Back/Inside is rather plain because it is in the water, but at least there's a treasure chest on the right and 2 guns on the left:




One floor higher there's a small table with a goblet and a map for the pirate captain:




You can open the floor where the table is on, and to light comes this little gun holder:




On the very top the pirates can watch out for ships to plunder and then move barrels or something else with the crane:






Back on the ground level, again the 2 hidden guns on the side from the tower:




And at the front the "skull-door" opened:




At the left back corner there's a barrel with some more guns and a palm tree. I like the use of the hammer to attach the branch to the tower:




And finally at the front of the landing stage there is a cannon:





In my opinion this is one of the best pirate sets ever made beside the ships, it's got great playability, and the skull-like door is designed very well also. You got plenty of minifigs, along with an ape and a parrot, and also lots of guns. Clearly a 10/10 for me, Pirates ON!

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Skull Island? AHHH, where's King Kong...oh, that Skull Island.


Nice review of a nice little set!

[SlyOwl]

I took the liberty of adding a ratings poll to your review, and I also removed (and saved) the box art - if you could review it seperately (in more detail) at some point, then that would be awesome
And do you have a better main picture (similar to that on the box) of the set? It would be useful for the Classic-Pirates frontpage

Anyway, onto the set. It is perfect. It really is the ultimate shanty port - it symbolises what the Lego Pirate theme was. All the exciting details - like the hidden weapon rack - are truly fantastic, as is all that landscaping.
The two boats are great for playability, and the rum/wine in the barrels is a lovely rare touch
I really would have loved to own this set at the time.

I especially love the interesting drink thing - sort of a decanter...

[Sandy]

Yay, finally a review of a set I actually own!

This was most likely the biggest set I owned back in my childhood (I've bought bigger ones in the last few months, though), and I remember playing with this to no end - of course adding my Paradisa-girls and other pirates to the crew as well. I may have been a tom-boy, but I would've never played with only boy minifigs.

I just love all the details and the Caribbean feel to it. It comes with many useful pieces as well, and I totally rate this set 5/5 - for old time's sake!

[NewRight]

Nice to take a look at some 'older' sets. I always love reviews like these, keep up the great work.

[Antsa Antero]

I gave 2. It's way too small and to me doesnt look piratish enough. There's just "something missing"
And only 1 cannon

[metalandi]

Are you serious?

One cannon is exactly right for a set of this size, and why would it be "too small"? What about impulse sets and so on then? And last, what would look "piratish" to you, if not a tower with a big gate that looks like a skull?

[Antsa Antero]

Like I said. I just don't dig it, get over with ;)

[Mister Phes]

Thank you for creating this Pictorial Review for us Metalandi! We'll be sure to frontpage it on Classic-Pirates.com and feature it in the July newsletter.

[Dreamweb]

I never had the opportunity to own this one and take a good look at all the details, thanks! I like the upper floor with the table and the balcony thing... The guns hidden under the table are an original solution. I like the rotating skull door. Good thing it came with two boats in different colours.

[purple tornado]

Skull island, a set I used to own as a child and boy did I love it !
It was next to lagoon lock-up the biggest pirate set I had.

So my review :

parts: 8/10
playability : 10/10
figs : 10/10
design then/now : 8/10 9/10

So that gives the set a nice 9/10 !

[snake1992]

Yes finnally a name to set I've been searching for (for those that read my intro thread) OMG I can remeber going to Toys'r'us with my dad and getting this as a small boy Fantastic.
Great review and thanks once again I'm off to ebay now!

[Kiwichris]

This set was cool, but I do prefer the Forbidden Island and Rock Island Refuge (Port Jamaica) to this one.

[jifel]

nice review! im not a big pirate fan, but thats a neat little set. i may pick it up if i can find it cheap.
"Do you know how i got these scars?"

jifel

[Bonaparte]

I would like to ask you to adjust you posting style by starting to use capital letters and punctuation where needed. We're not a chat board

jifel, on Jul 30 2008, 04:51 AM, said:

nice review! im not a big pirate fan, but thats a neat little set. i may pick it up if i can find it cheap.

Should be:

jifel, on Jul 30 2008, 04:51 AM, said:

Nice review! I'm not a big pirate fan, but that's a neat little set. I may pick it up if I can find it cheap.

Thanks!